87th Annual Academy Awards Nominations (2015)
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- Date of Ceremony: Sunday, February 22, 2015
- For films released in: 2014
- Nominations Announcement: Thursday, January 15, 2015
Here’s the complete list of nominations for the 87th Annual Academy Awards which were announced on January 15th, 2015.
And the nominees are:
Best Motion Picture of the Year
- American Sniper
Clint Eastwood [Producer], Robert Lorenz [Producer], Andrew Lazar [Producer], Bradley Cooper [Producer] and Peter Morgan [Producer] - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Alejandro González Iñárritu [Producer], John Lesher [Producer] and James W. Skotchdopole [Producer] - Boyhood
Richard Linklater [Producer] and Cathleen Sutherland [Producer] - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Wes Anderson [Producer], Scott Rudin [Producer], Steven Rales [Producer] and Jeremy Dawson [Producer] - The Imitation Game
Nora Grossman [Producer], Ido Ostrowsky [Producer] and Teddy Schwarzman [Producer] - Selma
Christian Colson [Producer], Oprah Winfrey [Producer], Dede Gardner [Producer] and Jeremy Kleiner [Producer] - The Theory of Everything
Tim Bevan [Producer], Eric Fellner [Producer], Lisa Bruce [Producer] and Anthony McCarten [Producer] - Whiplash
Jason Blum [Producer], Helen Estabrook [Producer] and David Lancaster [Producer]
Achievement in Directing
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Alejandro González Iñárritu - Boyhood
Richard Linklater - Foxcatcher
Bennett Miller - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Wes Anderson - The Imitation Game
Morten Tyldum
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
- American Sniper
Bradley Cooper - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Michael Keaton - Foxcatcher
Steve Carell - The Imitation Game
Benedict Cumberbatch - The Theory of Everything
Eddie Redmayne
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
- Gone Girl
Rosamund Pike - Still Alice
Julianne Moore - The Theory of Everything
Felicity Jones - Two Days, One Night
Marion Cotillard - Wild
Reese Witherspoon
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Edward Norton - Boyhood
Ethan Hawke - Foxcatcher
Mark Ruffalo - The Judge
Robert Duvall - Whiplash
J.K. Simmons
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Emma Stone - Boyhood
Patricia Arquette - The Imitation Game
Keira Knightley - Into the Woods
Meryl Streep - Wild
Laura Dern
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
- Big Hero 6
Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli - The Boxtrolls
Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable and Travis Knight - How to Train Your Dragon 2
Dean DeBlois and Bonnie Arnold - Song of the Sea
Tomm Moore and Paul Young - The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Isao Takahata and Yoshiaki Nishimura
Best Foreign Language Film
- Ida
- Leviathan
- Tangerines Mandariinid
- Timbuktu
- Wild Tales
Achievement in Cinematography
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Emmanuel Lubezki - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Robert Yeoman - Ida
Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski - Mr. Turner
Dick Pope - Unbroken
Roger Deakins
Achievement in Costume Design
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
Milena Canonero - Inherent Vice
Mark Bridges - Into the Woods
Colleen Atwood - Maleficent
Anna B. Sheppard and Jane Clive - Mr. Turner
Jacqueline Durran
Best Documentary Feature
- CitizenFour
Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky - Finding Vivian Maier
John Maloof and Charlie Siskel - Last Days in Vietnam
Rory Kennedy and Keven McAlester - The Salt of the Earth
Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribiero Salgado and David Rosier - Virunga
Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara
Best Documentary Short Subject
- Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry - Joanna
Aneta Kopacz - Our Curse
Tomasz Sliwinski and Maciej Slesicki - The Reaper (La Parka)
Gabriel Serra Arguello - White Earth
J. Christian Jensen
Achievement in Film Editing
- American Sniper
Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach - Boyhood
Sandra Adair - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Barney Pilling - The Imitation Game
William Goldenberg - Whiplash
Tom Cross
Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling
- Foxcatcher
Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier - Guardians of the Galaxy
Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original score)
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alexandre Desplat - The Imitation Game
Alexandre Desplat - Interstellar
Hans Zimmer - Mr. Turner
Gary Yershon - The Theory of Everything
Johann Johannsson
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original song)
- Begin Again "Lost Stars"
Gregg Alexander [Music and Lyric by] and Danielle Brisebois [Music and Lyric by] - Beyond the Lights "Grateful"
Diane Warren [Music and Lyric by] - Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me "I'm Not Gonna Miss You"
Glen Campbell [Music and Lyric by] and Julian Raymond [Music and Lyric by] - The Lego Movie "Everything Is Awesome"
Shawn Patterson [Music and Lyric by] - Selma "Glory"
John Stephens [Music and Lyric by] and Lonnie Lynn [Music and Lyric by]
Achievement in Production Design
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
Adam Stockhausen [Production Design] and Anna Pinnock [Set Decoration] - The Imitation Game
Maria Djurkovic [Production Design] and Tatiana MacDonald [Set Decoration] - Interstellar
Nathan Crowley [Production Design] and Gary Fettis [Set Decoration] - Into the Woods
Dennis Gassner [Production Design] and Anna Pinnock [Set Decoration] - Mr. Turner
Suzie Davies [Production Design] and Charlotte Watts [Set Decoration]
Best Animated Short Film
- The Bigger Picture
Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees - The Dam Keeper
Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi - Feast
Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed - Me and My Moulton
Torill Kove - A Single Life
Joris Oprins
Best Live Action Short Film
- Aya
Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis - Boogaloo and Graham
Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney - Butter Lamp (La Lampe Au Beurre De Yak)
Hu Wei and Julien Féret - Parvaneh
Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger - The Phone Call
Mat Kirkby and James Lucas
Achievement in Sound Editing
- American Sniper
Bub Asman and Alan Robert Murray - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Martin Hernández and Aaron Glascock - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Brent Burge and Jason Canovas - Interstellar
Richard King - Unbroken
Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro
Achievement in Sound Mixing
- American Sniper
John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and Thomas Varga - Interstellar
Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten - Unbroken
Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and David Lee - Whiplash
Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley
Achievement in Visual Effects
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick - Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist - Guardians of the Galaxy
Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould - Interstellar
Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher - X-Men: Days of Future Past
Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer
Adapted Screenplay
- American Sniper
Jason Hall [Written by] - The Imitation Game
Graham Moore [Written by] - Inherent Vice
Paul Thomas Anderson [Written for the screen by] - The Theory of Everything
Anthony McCarten [Screenplay by] - Whiplash
Damien Chazelle [Written by]
Original Screenplay
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Alejandro González Iñárritu [Written by], Nicolás Giacobone [Written by], Alexander Dinelaris Jr. [Written by] and Armando Bo [Written by] - Boyhood
Richard Linklater [Written by] - Foxcatcher
E. Max Frye [Written by] and Dan Futterman [Written by] - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Wes Anderson [Screenplay by], Wes Anderson [Story by] and Hugo Guinness [Story by] - Nightcrawler
Dan Gilroy [Written by]